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GOAL's Legislation "An Act Relative to the Common Defense" To Be Heard at State House

January 25. 2012 Update: Urgent!

Public Hearing - 2/7/12: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a public hearing on 2/7/2012 in Room B-1 at the State House.

Please support this important legislation by contacting your legislator and the committee members, and if you are able, by attending this important public hearing.

National ChampsTaunton Marksmanship Unit takes National Championship in Junior 3-Position Air Rifle! Massachusetts and GOAL were well-represented this weekend out in Port Clinton, Ohio, as the CMP held their National Air Rifle Competitions at Camp Perry. The new National Champions, won Gold at the Camp Perry Open 3x20 air rifle and set a new National Record by 5 points! Congratulations to MacKenzie Martin, Fairhaven, MA. Zack Connell, Whitman, MA. Sonya May, Rockland, MA. and Sarah MacLagan, Rehoboth, MA.
Needham moves to ban hunting1/3/12 Officials scramble in wake of Needham hunting incident. Needham prohibits discharging a firearm on town land but not bow-hunting. Fitzpatrick said the town has not granted anyone permission to hunt with a bow on its land, but was unsure if such hunters needed the town’s permission, meaning bow hunters may be in a gray area. Hunting of any kind is banned on the Ridge Hill Reservation, according to Needham Conservation Commission rules provided to the Globe. It is legal to use firearms on private property and federal land within Needham’s borders, though hunters using them must abide by the state laws that prohibit hunting too close to homes and define hunting seasons. The shotgun season for deer started Monday.

S.2054 Habitual Offender Legislation"An Act Relative to Habitual Offenders"
11/17/11 Update.
the House version does not contain any threats to lawful gun owners and is absent of the wire tapping language that concerned us in the senate version. The bill will now likely go to a conference committee where the House and Senate will work through the differences in their versions. At the writing of this update the amended version of H.3818 was not yet available online, but it should be shortly.

Click here to view the legislation.

MA State HouseS.1182 “An Act Relative to the Safety of Law Enforcement Officers.”
Courts Disarming Law Enforcement. Yet another problem facing law enforcement officers in the Commonwealth is a growing number of state and local courts that are forcing them to disarm before entering the court room. Many law enforcement officers have to attend court on a regular basis for trials, hearings and etc. With again, another example of government turning on its own, courts are forcing officers to relinquish their firearms before going in.This practice is problematic for several reasons. Putting aside our own problems with the way Massachusetts treats other citizens in regards to guns, any officer should never be disarmed regardless of where they have to go. The other problem is one of firearm security.

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